It's easy to say now that Kentucky was a team destined for greatness. But in the middle of a late-winter slide that included three losses in four games, a rarity in Lexington, few could have seen even a glimmer of hope for the Wildcats to be playing into April. Aaron Harrison was one of the few. The freshman told reporters on March 1 after a loss at South Carolina, which won just five SEC games all season, that all of the struggles would just make the Wildcats' story more...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Pittsburgh Pirates - INSIDE PITCH CINCINNATI -- Pittsburgh Pirates utility man Josh Harrison, a native of Cincinnati and former player at the University of Cincinnati, is accustomed to fielding numerous calls and messages from friends and family when he returns home. This weekend he's playing in the Queen City for the first time since being named a National League All-Star, taking things to another level. "Coming back...

Q: CHICAGO HAS HAD TWO SETS OF FATHER-AND-SON MAYORS, THE HARRISONS AND THE DALEYS. WHAT FATHER-AND-SON TEAM OF REFORMERS RAN AGAINST EACH OF THESE DYNASTIES? A: THE MERRIAMS. IN 1911, U. OF C. PROF. CHARLES E. MERRIAM LOST HIS CHALLENGE TO INCUMBENT MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON JR., AND IN 1955, HIS SON, ROBERT MERRIAM, LOST TO RICHARD J. DALEY.

NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - Actor Harrison Ford is recuperating from surgery after breaking his leg, but the injury on the set of "Star Wars: Episode VII" will force a two-week hiatus in filming, the Walt Disney Studios said. News of the stoppage comes after Disney initially said filming would continue on schedule while Ford recovered. But shooting is on track to wrap up in the fall, the studio said, and the release date remains December 2015. "In...

Tom Sloan couldn't tell you how many games his Lyons Township basketball team won and lost during an extremely busy month of June. With standout point guard Harrison Niego back for his senior year, and two of his relatives ready to join the fray, Sloan can't help but be optimistic about his Lions' chances in the winter. "I have no idea how many we won and lost, but we really made a lot of progress," Sloan said. "We got better for sure as the four weeks went...

As Doug McDermott sifted through his congratulatory text messages from draft night, one from Brazil stood out. Even while attending the World Cup, Warriors forward Harrison Barnes couldn't contain his excitement for his former Ames (Iowa) High teammate. "He's quiet but one of the most genuine people you'll ever meet," Barnes said of McDermott by phone Monday. "I think he'll be a great pro. He'll find ways to score for sure. Our (high school) practices were always so...

Harrison's 11th-inning hit lifts Pirates PITTSBURGH -- Josh Harrison had one heck of an off day. The super utility player was not in the lineup Friday night after starting 12 straight games between second base, third base and right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Yet Harrison's two-out double in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Pirates a 3-2 victory over the New York Mets. Harrison pinch hit in the seventh inning and then stayed in the game at third base.

LOS ANGELES, June 19 (Reuters) - Actor Harrison Ford has undergone surgery on his broken left leg that was injured in an accident on the set of "Star Wars: Episode VII," the publicist for the 71-year-old actor said in a statement on Thursday. Disney, the studio behind the new "Star Wars" films, had said last week that Ford had hurt his ankle while filming at Pinewood Studios on the outskirts of London. Ford's publicist, Ina Treciokas, said in the...